IEEE 802.11 Working Group Report - November 2024

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 802.11 Working Group Opening Report November 2024 Authors: Date: 2024-11-11 Address Name Robert Stacey Company Intel Phone +1 503 724 0893 rjstacey@gmail.com robert.stacey@intel.com email Report Slide 1 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 Introduction This presentation, together with the reports cited herein, forms the opening report of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group for November 2024 Mx.y.z terminology indicates that the item was on the tentative agenda for the Monday 802.11 plenary, and was agenda item x.y.z. Report Slide 2 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M1.3 Meeting Decorum Please observe proper decorum in meetings No photography or recording Press (i.e., anyone reporting publicly on this meeting) must announce their presence In-person attendees: Laptop / tablet speakers and cell phone ringers off Join Webex using the Don t connect to audio option Wear your badge in the meeting areas (helps hotel staff improve the general security) Remote attendees must mute when not speaking All attendees use Webex chat to enter the queue to speak Report Slide 3 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M2.2.1 Summary of Liaisons Liaisons since September 2024: Notified IETF to use IEEE Std 802.11-2024 as reference in draft RFC draft- wkumari-rfc8110-to-ieee (transfers OWE to IEEE 802.11) Liaisons website, see https://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Liaisons/Liaisons- and-External-Communications.html Report Slide 4 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M2.3 Recent and anticipated 802 LMSC actions November 2024 P802.11bq (Integrated mmWave) PAR March 2025 Report Slide 5 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M2.3 IEEE SA Standards Board (SASB) September 24-26, 2024 NesCom/RevCom/SASB IEEE Std 802.11-2024 IEEE Std 802.11bh-2024 IEEE Std 802.11be-2024 October 29-30, 2024 NesCom/RevCom (September 18, 2024, submission deadline) P802.11REVmf (Maintenance) PAR December 9-11, 2024 NesCom/RevCom/SASB (October 21, 2024, submission deadline) P802.11bq (Integrated mmWave) PAR Report Slide 6 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M3.1 802.11 Working Group Session Documents WG Session Reports WG Agenda Opening report Snapshot slides 1st vice chair 2nd vice chair Treasurer Chair's Supplementary Material Motions Session report Previous Session Minutes https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1593 https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1663 https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1664 https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1657 https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1400 https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1660 https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/24/ec-24-0007 https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1665 https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1659 https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1658 Report Slide 7 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M3.2 Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit Reciprocal credit is given to 802.11 voters for attendance at: 802.18 (.11 credit for attending .18 and .18 credit for the attending .11 during the .18 timeslots) 802.19, 802.24, 802.1, and the 802 JTC1 SC. For the November 2024 session, reciprocal credit is given for other WG/TAG meetings that occur during the WG11 session Monday November 11, 2024, 10:30 PST to Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:00 PST November 2024 session attendance DOES count toward voting credit. NOTE: 13 timeslots required for 75% attendance. Report Slide 8 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M3.2 802.18 (Radio Regulatory TAG) details See https://www.ieee802.org/18/ Meeting times: Monday PM2, Tuesday AM2 and Thursday AM1 Agenda Review the following consultations: Japan MIC: Call for opinions on the proposed ministerial ordinance to amend part of the Radio Law Enforcement Regulations: Addition of systems and bands to the special exemption system for non-technical equipment Saudi Arabia CST: Light Licensing Regulations Annex for the 6 GHz Frequency Band Draft response is available. Expect to consider approval this week. EU CEPT ECC: Draft ECC Report 364 Vietnam MIC: Consultation re lower 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi Discuss the latest topics related to spectrum and regulation in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific: ETSI BRAN update Liaisons from ITU-R Working Party 5D Report Slide 9 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M3.2 802.19 (Wireless Coexistence WG) details See https://www.ieee802.org/19/ Meeting times: Monday 6:30pm and Thursday 6:30pm Agenda Report Slide 10 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M3.2 Other 802 WG meetings IEEE 802 website: https://www.ieee802.org/ Includes links to all WG webpages Consolidated calendar: https://ieee802.org/802tele_calendar.html Documents: 802.11, 15, 18, 19, 24: https://mentor.ieee.org/802/bp/StartPage Report Slide 11 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M4.1.1/W2.6 IEEE 802.11 Groups Type WG SC SC SC 802 SC Group WG11 ARC COEX PAR JTC1 WG & Infrastructure The IEEE 802.11 Working Group Architecture Coexistence PAR review ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Type TG TG TG TG TG TG Group BF BI BK BN BP MF Amendments/Revision WLAN Sensing Enhanced Data Privacy Protection (EDP) 320 MHz Positioning Ultra High Reliability Ambient Power Revision (REVmf) Type SC SC SG SG TIG Group WNG AIML IMMW Integrated Millimeter Wave ELC Enhanced Light Communications AUTO Automotive New Work Wireless Next Generation AI/ML in 802.11 Report Slide 12 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M4.1.2/W2.6 PAR Expiration/Renewal Schedule Project P802.11 (REVmf) P802.11bf P802.11bi P802.11bk P802.11bn P802.11bp PAR Expiration Date Awaiting approval 31-DEC 2026 31-DEC 2025 31-DEC 2026 31 DEC 2027 31 DEC 2028 http://www.ieee802.org/11/PARs/index.html Report Slide 13 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M4.1.3 /W2.6 802.11 WG Appointed positions WG Secretary Volker Jungnickel Treasurer Jon Rosdahl ANA Carol Ansley WG Technical Editor Emily Qi Report Slide 14 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M4.1.3 /W2.6 Officers Cat Group Chair Vice Chair Technical Editor Secretary Robert STACEY Jon ROSDAHL, Stephen MCCANN Emily QI WG Volker JUNGNICKEL SC SC SC SC SC TG TG TG TG ARC Coex PAR WNG AIML MF BF BI BK Mark HAMILTON Marc EMMELMANN Jon ROSDAHL Jim LANSFORD Xiaofei WANG Michael MONTEMURRO Tony Xiao HAN Carol ANSLEY Jonathan SEGEV Joseph LEVY Joseph LEVY Guido HIERTZ Michael MONTEMURRO Lei WANG Liangxiao XIN Sebastian MAX, Manish KUMAR Michael MONTEMURRO Lei WANG Ming GAN, Gaurang NAIK Sang KIM, Assaf KASHER Jerome HENRY, Antonio DE LA OLIVA Ali RAISSINIA, Assaf KASHER Laurent CARIOU, Jianhan LIU, Kiseon RYU Steve SHELLHAMMER, Rakesh TAORI Claudio DA SILVA Po-Kai HUANG Roy WANT Leif WILHELMSSON Stephane BARON Dibakar DAS TG BN Alfred ASTERJADHI Ross Jian YU Yusuke ASAI TG BP Bo SUN Yinan QI Sebastian MAX SG IMMW SG TIG AUTO Laurent CARIOU Nikola SERAFIMOVSKI Jim LANSFORD Volker JUNGNICKEL Mohamed ISLIM ELC Volker JUNGNICKEL Azin NEISHABOORI, Jing MA New since last session Report Slide 15 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M4.1.4 /W2.6 IEEE 802.11 Revisions 802.11-1999 802.11-1997 802.11-2016 802.11-2020 802.11-2024 802.11-2012 802.11-2003 802.11-2007 11d MAC 11e QoS 11aq 11s Mesh 11bc 11aa 11k RRM Intl Roaming Pre-association Discovery Broadcast Services Video Transport 11h 11v WNM 11u WIEN 11ae DFS & TPC 11ak QoS Mgt Frames General Link 11i 11z TDLS 11r Security 11ax Fast Roam 11ai High Efficiency WLAN Fast Initial Link Setup 11w Management Frame Security 11ay Enhanced mmWave 11az PHY & MAC Enhanced Positioning 11af 11n TV Whitespace High Throughput (>100 Mb/s) 11ba Wake-up Radio 11a OFDM 11g 11ac VHT 54 Mb/s in 2.4 GHz 11p WAVE 11bb Light 54 Mb/s in 5 GHz 11ah > 1 Gb/s in 5 GHz Sub-1 GHz Communications 11b 11ad VHT 11y 11j HR/DSSS 11 Mb/s in 2.4 GHz 11aj Contention Based Protocol 11bd JP bands China mmWave > 1 Gb/s in 60 GHz Next Gen V2X Report Slide 16 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M4.1.4 /W2.6 IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline MAC 802.11bi EDP 802.11bh RCM AUTO TIG 802.11 -2024 WNG 802.11be EHT 802.11bn UHR 802.11bk 320 MHz Pos IMMW SG 802.11bf SENS 802.11bp AMP ELC SG Liaison MAC & PHY REVmf Published Standard Liaison Topics Discussion Topics Published Amendment SA TIG/Study groups TG without Approved draft WG Letter Ballot Ballot Report Slide 17 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M4.1.5 /W2.6 Summary of ballots and comment collections Ballot Group # Comments Approve % Disapprove Return % (mm-dd) Approve Abstain Opened Dur (d) Group Result Label Type SA Recirc 1 T TGbf 10-23 20 36 162 120 5 2 79 96 Pass SA Initial T TGbk 11-01 30+ 78 150 103 7 5 76 93 Pass Report Slide 18 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M4.1.6 /W2.6 Current Membership Status Status Aspirant Potential Voter Voter Ex Officio Voter Number 95 79 576 9 Updated following September session Definitions: Aspirant: a member who has attended 1 qualifying meeting Potential Voter: a member who has attended 2 qualifying meetings and will become a voter at the start of the next plenary they attend Ex Officio Voter: a voter who has voting rights by virtue of their membership of the 802 EC and has requested to be recorded as an ex officio voter in 802.11 Report Slide 19 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 Report Slide 20 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 Members by affiliation Report Slide 21 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 Attendance by subgroup (September to November) Report Slide 22 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M6.1 Announcements: 2024 September Designation of Individual experts Individual experts who attend electronically for a specific purpose/presentation can be designated as such by the WG Chair and receive a registration fee waiver and limited attendance rights. See section 5 in https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/17/ec-17-0090-25-0PNP-ieee-802-lmsc-operations-manual.pdf , The Working Group Chair may designate specific individual experts who are allowed to participate in Working Group discussions via electronic means during an in-person meeting for the benefit of the group. These individuals are not considered to be attending the meeting and so they are not required to pay meeting fees and they do not get participation credit. The participation of these individuals should be limited to specific technical topics. Such participation shall be documented in the minutes of the Working Group meeting. The individuals listed below are hereby designated as specific individual experts on their respective topics and subject to the restrictions and benefits described in the 802 OM. Emily Qi, Self, Editors (Tue AM0) Bj rn Ivar Teigen, Domos, WNG (Tue AM1) For WNG, attendance for each is limited to the WNG timeslot in which the respective presentation is scheduled. Report Slide 23 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M6.1 Announcements: Straw poll result recording At the discretion of the chair, a member running a straw poll may request that a record be made of the individual responses (not just the aggregate result) The objective is to allow the member to get more detail on where other members stand on the question If a record of the responses is requested and the chair grants the request, the responses are recorded in the minutes This is so that the result is available to all members The members responding to the poll must be made aware that the responses are being recorded before the poll is run This is so that the members are aware of the information being gathered and can respond appropriately The chair decides whether the responses to a straw poll can be recorded There may be time constraints on the agenda There may be constraints on the tools (e.g., the chair is not able to gather the results because of limits on the WebEx account in use) The chair should be made aware of the intent to run a straw poll with recorded responses ahead of the meeting so that the appropriate account and tools are in place Report Slide 24 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 M6.1 Announcements: reminder about straw polls Members are reminded that Straw polls are for gathering information Straw polls are NOT for making decisions Motions are used to make decisions The information gathered is for the member running the straw poll The member running the straw poll decides the question asked Report Slide 25 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIAL Report Slide 26 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 Comment Resolution Resources Comment resolution resources See https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0230-05-0000-comment-resolution-tutorial.ppt See https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11/11-11-1625-02-0000-comment-resolution-guide.doc There are many examples of good practice for documentation of comment analysis and resolution; ensures there is a record of comment consideration and agreed resolution https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0237-00-000m-cid-177.docx https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0930-00-000m-cid-1007.docx https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0669-04-000m-revmd-mac-comments-assigned-to- hamilton.docx https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-1410-00-00ax-lb233-cr-spatial-reuse.docx Report Slide 27 Robert Stacey, Intel

November 2024 doc.: IEEE 802.11-24/1664r1 Motion and other templates WG11 templates Motions: see https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-1967-01-0000-working-group-motions- templates.pptx Liaison: see https://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Rules/2018-03 Liaison submission template.docx 802 LMSC templates Motions: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/16/ec-16-0170-04-00EC-802-ec-motion-template.pptx CSD: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0064-01-0PNP-csd-template-in-doc-format.doc Liaison: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/17/ec-17-0012-01-00EC-802-liaison-template.docx Report Slide 28 Robert Stacey, Intel